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Even during the Christmas season, many people around the world are in dire distress. For almost 50 years, “Doctors Without Borders” has been providing medical aid in more than 70 countries in crisis and war zones as well as in areas where natural disasters struck. Formel D is now doing its part to support the international organization with a Christmas donation.

We are very pleased to announce the launch of our newly developed platform e-Apps New Generation which is a major upgrade of the current Formel D e-Apps Platform.

In 2018, 14,410 children in Germany were the victims of sexual abuse. Besides the registered cases, the number of unreported cases is estimated to be around seven times higher according to experts.

Outstanding achievements deserve special support: As in previous years, [...]

“We’ve never experienced Formel D like this before!” exclaimed visitors to the Formel D in-house trade fair, held at its Ingolstadt location last week. The new subsidiary was transformed into a small exhibition center for the event, featuring several topic-specific booths where the many guests could experience the Formel D world up close and personal.

Christmas is just around the corner and Formel D is already in the right mood. Are you, too? Then make sure to check out our online Advent calendar.

Five young talents, five different training and career paths: On November 20, our cooperative education students and trainees who completed their programs this year were honored as part of a graduation celebration held at the company headquarters in Troisdorf.

Formel D GmbH will now sponsor the AsylPlus integration project. Headquartered in Bad Tölz, south of Munich, this association supports asylum seekers and refugees in learning German and skills that help with integration using computers. With this commitment, Formel D continues to expand its activities in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

In its current issue, business magazine “Capital” published a study on the best training companies in Germany. With four out of five stars, Formel D placed very well in the rankings and thus achieved an excellent result.

In the current October 2019 issue, specialist journal Automobil Industrie asked our CEO Dr. Jürgen Laakmann eight questions on current industry issues.

Last Tuesday, our subsidiary CPS Quality received an innovation award from EQUIP AUTO. The award ceremony was held during a gala dinner at the EQUIP AUTO trade show in Paris, organized by Philippe Baudin, who was elected president of EQUIP AUTO on April 4, 2019.

Formel D India Private Ltd. was founded exactly ten years ago to the day – on October 15, 2009. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our Indian colleagues on the 10th anniversary of their national subsidiary.

The Formel D Group has successfully completed its acquisition of French quality service provider CPS Quality following approval from the competition authorities. CPS Quality will continue to operate under its existing name in France, Belgium, Morocco and Turkey. In Romania and Hungary CPS Quality will henceforth operate under the name Formel D.

Troisdorf, September 30, 2019. The Formel D Group has finalized its acquisition of Vdynamics GmbH, a Munich-based engineering service provider focused on physical and virtual testing of automotive software and ECUs (electronic control units). The acquisition will enable Formel D to reinforce its market position in product development, with a focus on testing and validation and offer a greater range of solutions to its customers. Following its integration, Vdynamics will continue to operate under its own name.

Vehicle tests help ensure vehicle quality under a wide range of external conditions. Formel D supports its customers in preparing, organizing and carrying out test runs on public streets as well as private tracks and test sites.

The new issue of our customer magazine Informel provides interesting insights into the world of Formel D and our current projects.

The first Formel D blood donation campaign at the company headquarters in Troisdorf yielded very promising results for the automotive service provider: 42 employees, including 24 first-time donors, took part in the campaign. Collectively, they made a significant contribution to replenishing the blood supplies of the German Red Cross.

Last week, our new apprentices, Maximilian Maier and Maximilian Stangl, had their first hands-on experience at our Formel D site in Böblingen. The two young men are our first two apprentices as automotive mechatronic specialists.

As a sponsoring partner of the Graff racing team, Formel D is keeping its fingers crossed for drivers Tristan Gommendy, Alexandre Cougnaud, and Jonathan Hirschi for the remaining three races in 2019.

Since August 2019, Hanna (20), Elvira (18), Max (18), and Sebastian (19) are new trainees at Formel D. The four newcomers are completing their vocational training as business administrator for office management or IT specialist for systems integration.

The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) alliance urges companies around the world to voluntarily align their business activities and strategies with ten universally accepted principles of human rights, labor standards, environmental protection, and anti-corruption measures.

Troisdorf, Germany, July 11, 2019. Today, Formel D, a global service provider for quality management and quality assurance to the automotive and component supply industry, has signed an agreement to acquire CPS Quality.

Amar Biso Jalal from Iraq, Nguse Yemane from Eritrea, and Sayed Jamal Hussaini from Afghanistan have been working for Formel D at the Renningen site in a control & rework project since November 2018. What the young men have in common: The three came to Formel D via the non-profit organization Social-Bee, which assists refugees in integrating into the German job market.

As with last year, Formel D has once again been honored as one of “Germany’s most innovative companies” in a study carried out by “Focus Money” business magazine in 2019.

Formel D opened their first subsidiary in the UK on this date exactly 25 years ago. In its anniversary year of 2019, the national subsidiary looks back at its very successful development and plans to continue expanding its range of customer services in the years to come.

For Formel D, the health and safety of its employees takes top priority. This is why Formel D has launched a new occupational safety management system that optimizes these aspects within the company.

As last year, Formel D has once again been honored with the “Highest Reputation” award in the category of automotive suppliers. In this year’s study, business magazine Focus Money collaborated with the Institute for Management and Economic Research (IMWF) to rate thousands of companies.

Since 2016, Formel D has set benchmarks with its Verification and Campaign Center (VCC) in Ahlhorn, North Germany. Now, the Group is gradually expanding the location into a Competence Center for electromobility to meet ever-growing customer demand.

Award for Formel D: As part of the largest study on the topic of digitalization in German companies, the Group was awarded the “Digital Champion – Company with a Future” seal by business magazine “Focus Money”.

As in past years, Formel D is once again sponsoring initiative Star Care e.V. projects, including the work of the registered charity “Clowns im Dienst” which is geared towards children with long stays in the hospital.

With its diverse projects, Formel D offers attractive jobs and perspectives in the automotive industry. Most recently, our team got to know numerous applicants at the “jobvector career day” in Munich.

Formel D will continue to support tropical forest foundation OroVerde in 2019. These longstanding partners look forward to driving their success rainforest project forward in the Bocas del Polochic region of Guatemala.